Thousands attend Rockland YouthFest, Government Day

10:41 PM,
Mar. 10, 2013

Adrianna Mirchell 3, of Sloatsburg has fun with Professor Debra Tietze, chair of the Teachers Education Program at RCC. Local residents learned more about the services and programs paid for by their county tax dollars during the third annual Rockland County Government Day on March 10, 2013.

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RAMAPO - Nicole Glorioso, 17, of Pomona, stood next to the black Corvette, a 1999 model with orange flames painted on the popped hood, as a handful of youngsters waited to take their turn at the wheel.

Glorioso, a first-year student at Rockland BOCES, spent the afternoon talking up the school's automotive technology program to interested passers-by and explaining how her BOCES class has started to tinker with the high-performance muscle car.

"We just detailed it so far," she said. "We cleaned the car, made sure it was all shiny inside, took the fingerprints off." ...